An interference protection system for rejecting microwave or radio frequency
interference
signals is embedded into a sealed packaged chip at any port susceptible to being
coupled to an interference signal such as I/O pins or antenna. The interference
protection system includes a sense unit for detecting signals with amplitudes exceeding
a predetermined threshold level and a protection unit including a pair of MOSFET
switches connected in series and maintained in ON state during normal communication
state. The switches are switched OFF once the sense unit detects the interference
event. A registry unit is included for registering interference events.